Diet During Breast-Feeding

Diet During Breast-Feeding

Breastfeeding women should be careful what they eat and drink, as things can be transferred to baby through breast milk. Just like during pregnancy, breastfeeding women avoid fish high in mercury and limit fish consumption than mercury. If a woman has of alcohol, a small amount transferred to the baby through breast milk. She has to wait to breastfeed for at least 2 hours after a single alcoholic drink to avoid transfer of alcohol to children. Caffeine consumption should be limited to a maximum of 300 mg (about 1-3 cups of regular coffee) per day for breastfeeding women because it can cause problems such as restlessness and irritability in some babies. A Diet Coke has 46 mg per 12 oz and a can of Pepsi has 40 mg. Most drinks are displaying their caffeine content on the can or bottle next to the nutrition label and ingredients. Some children are quite sensitive to caffeine to have problems even with small amounts of caffeine.